Luke_09 wrote:Shenmue laid the foundations to a fully interactive gaming environment, that's why it's so special, because it started all of this.

... And I'm 100% sure Yu will prove that the one that started it all is still the best. This isn't Fallout, Elder Scrolls or GTA. This is Shenmue and with Yu and many of the former AM2 developers behind Shenmue 3, this is indeed a great moment for gaming. Let them pioneer game play and story telling once more.

Luke_09 wrote:Shenmue laid the foundations to a fully interactive gaming environment, that's why it's so special, because it started all of this.

... And I'm 100% sure Yu will prove that the one that started it all is still the best. This isn't Fallout, Elder Scrolls or GTA. This is Shenmue and with Yu and many of the former AM2 developers behind Shenmue 3, this is indeed a great moment for gaming. Let them pioneer game play and story telling once more.

It's interesting, because when people ask me what Shenmue is like I strongly resist using terms like "sandbox" or "open-world". This is because I don't want them to get the conception that it's anything like Elder Scrolls or Grand Theft Auto. Shenmue handles the open world environment in a much different way than any of those games do. Yakuza is close, although not entirely similar to Shenmue, but instead in the way it treats its environment.

I want Shenmue to be the best it can be, if a kickstarter can help give the best ending and chisel out the best possible conclusion then I look forward to our money helping Sony and Yu make the very best version of the game.